3 1/2 STARS
The 2009 Academy Awards most nominated film (13 Oscar nods) goes to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Rated PG-13). (For more Oscar info go to www.oscar.com)
This creation is a story of life at its core with an age-reversing twist starring Academy Award nominees Brad Pitt & Taraji P. Henson, and Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett.
The film is visually stunning, the script is solid, and all three lead actors shine on screen. However, you'll find life is not that different whether you age forward or backward. That can make this 3-hour feature feel as long as it is.
Although quite different from the fable written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Curious Case delivers, but being as Oscar-worthy as the Academy has made it out to be is up for debate.
Opinions vary from great to downright hate as shown from this blog: Official Anti Benjamin Button Club. The Rolling Stone review is worth a look into the insight of into Pitt's newest character creation.
*Side Note- Lady lovers of Brad Pitt will swoon as the magic of cinema transforms the modern-day Pitt to a younger twenty-something version of himself reminiscent of his past films, Legends of the Fall and Meet Joe Black.
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